July 4, 2015

Happy 4th of July!

The 4th of July

Happy 4th of July! Celebrating the holiday overseas always feel a bit more contemplative.  Last year I was in Jackson Hole, WY (as American as baseballapple pie the Kardashians ) for a day full of fireworks, barbecue and some deadly arrangement of lemonade, vodka and blueberries.  It was fun but not in a “deep-thoughts-about-my-country” kind of way.  More in a “lets-get-drunk-and-go-tubing” kind of way. Overseas, there is more time to consider what the 4th of July actually means–why we take the time off work to celebrate. Here is the bottom line:   America is amazing.   For example, we have tremendous civil liberties, thousands of miles of beautiful country and…